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Leighton ChristiansenAugust 15, 2013
2013 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium
Intelligent Navigation of Transportation Information:
Research Resources for Transportation Topics
Overview
• On-line Transportation Research Tools
• Sample Search• Bibliography & Documentation
(Supplemental Info Slides included)
On-line Transportation Research Tools
Improving
Search
with TRT
http://trt.trb.org/
Improving
Search
with TRT
http
://trt.trb.org/
Improving Search with TRTh
ttp://trt.trb
.org/
Improving
Search
with TRT
http
://trt.trb.org/
Outputting Results
Outputting Results
Outputting Results: DOC & HTML
Outputting Results: Citation
Outputting Results: RIS
Reference Management Tools (Citation Management Tools)
Outputting Results: RIS
Supplemental Slides
• Using other Search Tools• Transportation Libraries & Knowledge
Networks• Why isn’t everything Online? • Links to Citation Management Tools
Thank You
On-line Transportation Research Tools:
RITA USDOT Research Hubhttp://ntlsearch.bts.gov/researchhub/index.do
On-line Transportation Research Tools: Transportation Library Resources
National Transportation Library
http://ntl.bts.gov/
Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers
• More than 350 libraries and information centers–More than 30 state DOT libraries– Scores of university transportation or
engineering centers– Score of corporate or industry group
libraries and centers– Transportation Knowledge Networks
http://ntl.bts.gov/tldir/
To Google or Not to Google?No, Google better
Google Custom Searches
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006511338351663161139:hovexomtgsw
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006511338351663161139:cnk1qdck0dc
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006983765767145806606:9m37jbf8ojm
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=010809592348763093458:r3i0biypw1u
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=010809592348763093458:3jsikrwi874
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=012995479145342077058:ipxox2lxkha
Why isn’t everything Online?
• Born analog– Printed before 1994
• Resource Limits• Hidden Internet
– Password protected– Paywall– Search depth– Link rot
• Copyright law• Grey literature
– Whitepapers– Conference Proceedings
Links to Citation Management Tools
• Comparisons of 30+ tools– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_refere
nce_management_software– Operating systems supported– Citation Styles– Word processor integration– Costs
• Endnote http://endnote.com/• Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/• RefWorks http://www.refworks.com/• Zotero http://www.zotero.org/
ResourcesGoogle. “Custom Search Engine.” https://www.google.com/cse/.
Mendeley Ltd. “Mendeley.” http://www.mendeley.com/.
RefWorks. “RefWorks Home Page”. http://www.refworks.com/.
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. “Zotero.” http://www.zotero.org/.
Thomson Reuters. “EndNote.” http://endnote.com/.
Transportation Research Board. “Transport Research International Documentation - TRID.” http://trid.trb.org/.
———. “Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT).” http://trt.trb.org/trt.asp?
———. “TRB Research in Progress - RiP.” http://rip.trb.org/.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research Innovation and Technology Administration. “National Transportation Library.” http://ntl.bts.gov/.
———. “US DOT Research Hub.” http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/researchhub/index.do.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research Innovation and Technology. http://ntl.bts.gov/tldir/.
Wikipedia. “Comparison of Reference Management Software.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software.
Image Fair Use Claim: Images of copyrighted software and logos are used in this presentation under the claim of Fair Use. This presentation is intended for the nonprofit education of transportation researchers, only small percentages of copyrighted materials are used, and there is no intention on the part of the author to decrease the market for any of the services commented on in this presentation.